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rt journaling is a way to
express yourself through
writing and art at the same
time. This creative process pulls
together a variety of materials to create
mixed-media art. You can buy premade journals and fill them with your
doodles and designs or craft your own
custom journals to record everything
from your travels to your art technique
experiments to your innermost
thoughts.
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art
journaling
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Painting
Collage
getting started
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2.
3.
changing it up
m y f av o r i t e
things
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art
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journaling
orking in stages on my
Collage
journaling process.
I found that trying to follow rules in
my journaling presented too many
roadblocks, causing me to run out of
gas quickly. If youre having trouble
starting in your journal, you may want
to try this no-holds-barred approach.
I like to work in three stages:
change
it up
Create new images on the page
out of your collage bits.
Collage borders on your pages.
Combine some found pieces of
ephemera with photos youve
taken.
Insert images with personal
meaning. I often use photographs
Ive shot, such as a rose, a British
phone booth, Big Ben, a church
window. This really makes your
pages your own.
Repeat images. Some journal
artists photocopy their pages,
cut them up, and include these
images in their collages. The
photocopies can also be saved for
future collages.
Cut up photos and other bits. You
dont have to use full images. Cut
a person in half and place them
right on the edge of your page,
so it looks like theyre looking in.
If you have a group photo, cut out
certain people and scatter them
across the page.
Add depth to your collage with
transparencies. Anytime I find
clear wrappers with text or an
image on transparent paper, I
stash it. You can also use clear
packing tape and black-and-white
photocopies to create great little
transparencies.
Overlap your collage layers.
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getting started
little things
meanalot
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art journaling
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the approach
The Pages in Stages approach
involves:
Paint
beauty of art journaling is that it really is just for the art journaler; theres
Collage
no need to share, unless you want to. You need to experiment with different
techniques and processes, free your mind, and be flexible to discover what
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doodle it up
my favorite things:
Pitt pens
Souffl pens
Tombow markers
Crayola Pip-Squeaks
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stage 2: collage
word it up
While doodling shapes, patterns, and
lines, I also doodle words. Words that
I doodle large are usually phrases that
strike me, the title of a song that Im
listening to, or a movie quote I just cant
get out of my head. Putting on some
headphones and listening to music that
makes me groove really helps me during
this stage.
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a look at . . .
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writingtools
gel pens
a
b
b. Glaze Pens
Sakura, Glaze
With this unique pen, you need to
write slowly and allow the ink to dry to
enjoy the raised lettering it produces.
All of the 15 available ink colors are
transparent, except for the white, which
is opaquemaking it a great choice for
art journalers. We tried it on plain and
painted paper and found no difference.
You do have to be patient and wait for
the paint to dry, but we found the cool
effect of raised ink worth the wait.
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artist pens
d. Fine-Line Pens
Sakura, Micron
The Micron is just one example of
the fine-line pens available to artists.
This pen has an archival-quality ink
that is chemically stable, waterproof,
and fade resistant. You can use this
pen with other water-based media
without having to worry about it
smudging or bleeding. The tips come
in six different sizes (005, 01, 02, 03,
05, and 08). We especially love the
005 for drawing very small details.
In our example we mixed a number
of different sizes on acrylic-painted
paper and the application was very
smooth.
e. Brush Pens
specialty
markers
f. Permanent Marker pen
Staedtler, Lumocolor
There are many permanent markers
on the market, but we wanted to try
something with a more controllable
tip. These pens are permanent,
waterproof, refillable, and dry safe
(the pen can be left uncapped for
days without drying up). We loved
that we could use them on glass and
plastic, and immediately thought
of using them to label storage
containers. An added bonus was that
we could easily change our labels,
or fix errors with the Lumocolor
Correction Pen (see below).
Faber-Castell, Pitt
g. Correction pen
Staedtler, Lumocolor
h. Fine-Line Markers
Staedtler, Triplus Fineliner
With a triangular barrel, these
markers make for effortless and
fatigue-free writing. They were one
of the nicest and most comfortable
markers to hold. They are dry safe
and can be left uncapped for days.
For the messy doodler, its good to
note that these markers wash out
of most fabrics. They come in 20
different colors, including spring and
olive green and a lovely aqua. We
also love the case that these markers
come in; it unfolds to become its own
stand.
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more
specialty
markers
and pens
i. Metallic pens
Faber-Castell, Silver Pitt
Artist Pen
j. CalligRaphy Marker
Faber-Castell, Pitt Calligraphy Pen
k. Opaque Pen
Marvy Uchida, Opaque Stix
l. Fabric Marker
Marvy Uchida, Fabric Ball & Brush
Two different ends on the Fabric
Ball & Brush make this marker
doubly useful. The ball tip is extra
fine, which is perfect for drawing
delicate lines. The brush end was
juicy and allowed us to color, draw,
and write. This pen is quick drying,
acid free, permanent, and requires
no heat setting.
m. Fillable pen
Tim Holtz Adirondack, Alcohol
Ink Fillable Pen
The last pen we tried was a pen
that came with no ink at all! This
new pen has both brush and
fine-point tips and is easy to fill.
You choose the ink color and the
tip you want to use. This alcohol
ink pen will perfectly complement
any artwork. We used the brush tip
to write over acrylic-painted paper
with an accompanying splat
of ink from the bottle we used
to fill the pen. You can see that
the pen helps the ink to retain its
transparency, making blue ink green
in appearance when used over
yellow paint.
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travel
journals
Journal pages
with maps as
the background.
Watercolor
painting, labels,
hand-written
text, sketches,
stamping, and
collaged bits
complete the
pages.
itting in the cozy kitchen of a 17th century stone cottage in the tiny hamlet
of Campagnac, I pull out a map of southern France. It unfolds to fill up the
entire kitchen table. With my chin in my hands, I lean over to locate the path of
my journey for the past week. The tangible feel of the map inspires me to run my
fingers along meandering ochre and cerulean lines and roadways, dotted and
dashed.
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directions
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ideas for
using maps
Make copies of maps and
prepare them with gesso before
you leave on your trip.
Make a hand-drawn map of
the area you are visiting and
incorporate little drawings of
interesting points along the way.
Use a map as a starting point and
add collected ephemera such as
business cards, tickets, postage
stamps, cut-out words and photos
from brochures, wine labels,
paper money, paper napkins,
postcards, and anything else that
catches your eye.
Use a map as a foundation for
your journaling.
Cut a map into interesting shapes
that can be folded out from the
page to reveal your art.
Use different types of maps for
different looks, such as nautical
charts for marine scenes or hiking
trail guides for nature paintings.
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m at e r i a l s
Map or a color copy of a map
(Make sure the ink on the copy is not
water soluble.)
White gesso (Liquitex or Golden
Artist Colors)
Paper towels
Watercolors (I use Winsor &
Newton and Daniel Smith
watercolors.)
Watercolor brushes (I like the Daniel
Smith Platinum series, round sizes 4,
8, and Round Mop #6.)
Pencil
Permanent black ink pen
Glue
optional
Stamps and ink pads for creating a
border
A map is the background for this painting. Flowers were painted, cut out of watercolor paper, and
adhered to the foreground to add texture and depth.
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